I’m a paranoid old fogey, but I would not let my child go to any kind of group meeting on a regular basis unless I was there.
For those who are younger, the Boy Scouts originally began as a kind of Roosevelt youth as a response to the Hitler youth movement in Germany. For decades, fathers were always involved in scouting activities, but now there are far too many young kids who don’t have dads that have become targets for pedophiles in all group setting.
It would seem that with the shrinking numbers of participants and parents willing to participate, that the Scouts group has lost its reason to be. Then, of course, there is the Girl Scouts that has been taken over by liberals.
BS!
Saw your mea culpa, so this will be polite instead of full flame mode!
The BSA was founded in 1910, i.e. we just celebrated our 100th anniversary two years ago. The group was BIG by 1920, so any statement that it was scaled up during WWII is inaccurate. The first Eagle was received around 1912 if I remember right, and the organization has been a huge part of American life since.
The organization still has roughly 2 million youth members today. It is still the single largest youth organization in the country.
Now to the point of the original article. The BSA defended themselves in court when they were sued. So what the article REALLY says is that the organization used the strongest defence it could conjure. Gee - what a surprise!
When my boy was in scouts in the 80s-90s, all the parents who participated in our cub pack were women except for two men -- one was a devout Christian and the other was an artist. The artist soon dropped out and took his son out of scouts because he heard the kids saluting the flag and the words "under God" really bothered him. So the mothers were the only ones to keep things going with that one wonderful man, whose wife, fortunately, could trust him completely to meet with all those divorced or abandoned moms every week. My husband just wouldn't participate and always used work as an excuse.
BSA was founded in 1912, long before Hitler came to power. When BSA was founded Hitler was still a bum in Vienna.
BSA was founded in 1912, long before Hitler came to power. When BSA was founded Hitler was still a bum in Vienna.
BSA was founded in 1912, long before Hitler came to power. When BSA was founded Hitler was still a bum in Vienna.